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Émile Bayard
1837Nov, 2

Émile Bayard

Émile Bayard, French illustrator and painter (d. 1891)
Émile-Antoine Bayard (2 November 1837 – 6 December 1891) was a French illustrator born in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Seine-et-Marne. A student of Léon Cogniet, he is best known by many for his illustration of Cosette from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. He died in Cairo.

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